Yasine Mohabuth
BBC News, Mauritius

Mauritius' meteorological department has issued a torrential rain warning in the country which is still reeling from effects of cyclone Berguitta which recently hit the Indian Ocean island.

Some 112mm of water were registered in the capital, Port Louis, in less than 12 hours, flooding roads.

A house collapsed in Camp-Manna, a suburb in the capital, where three people were rescued.

“We did not sleep the whole night with the thunder and lightning. We were very scared," says Sangeeta, one of the survivors.

Nearby, in Vallee Pitot, residents were ordered to evacuate due to risks of landslides.

Another locality in Tombeau Bay was underwater, and many houses and streets were flooded.

All schools are shut while civil servants have been asked to stay home.

The extraordinary 10 days last November which ended with Robert Mugabe stepping down after four decades as president were, at the very least, memorable.

When it comes to holding onto power few can match the record of the Zimbabwean politician. As he famously said: “I'll leave the presidency when God calls me.”

In the end, of course, it was the army, the people and his own party which forced him out - although it didn’t go as smoothly as they hoped.

Listen to BBC's documentary on the events of those action-packed days below:

Kennedy Gondwe
Lusaka

Three men in Zambia have been mistakenly admitted to a cholera centre after taking herbs which reportedly boasted "sex enhancing" qualities, but whose symptoms resembled the deadly disease.

Zambia has been battling with a cholera epidemic since last year which has so far claimed 70 lives, with more than 3,000 cases reported.

But it appears the trio, based in the eastern part of the country, were not among the epidemic's victims.

Instead, it seems they went on a drinking spree before deciding to take traditional sex enhancers, known locally as mvubwe.

The region's top government official, Chanda Kasolo, told the BBC the three immediately started vomiting and were rushed to a cholera center by concerned well-wishers.

He says the patients are still at the cholera centre and are responding well to treatment.

At the start of the month, thousands of African migrants were given a choice by Israel: either take a payment and leave the country, or face arrest.

The BBC has now spoken to two people on either side of the divide.

On one side, a migrant who fled his country. On the other, the Israeli grandson of immigrants, who says his neighbourhood has been ruined.

Listen to them in the video below:

You can read more about Israel's proposals here.

Everyone has walked down a street and been annoyed by people needlessly littering - including, it seems, Australia's ambassador to Ghana.

Andrew Barnes, who has been head of mission since June 2016, took to Twitter to express his outrage over the mess outside the embassy in Accra.

And a quick look at the pictures suggests he had every right to be cross:

The tweet had a somewhat mixed response from local residents, with some praising Mr Barnes for highlighting the issue, and others wondering why he didn't just clear it up himself.

Ghana's President Akufo-Addo promised to make the city the cleanest on the continent by the end of his term, but sanitation services are struggling to cope, CitiFMOnline reported, external.

The US army has said it is looking to authenticate videos circulating online purporting to show dead American soldiers in the aftermath of last year's attack in Niger, news site The Hill reports. , external

A statement from its African command (USAFRICOM) said: “We are reviewing the post and determining the veracity of the tweet and the assertions that there is an associated video.”

It adds that the army would not comment further until after investigations are complete.

On 4 October, 12 US soldiers and 30 Nigerien soldiers were ambushed in Tongo Tongo, a village in south-western part of the country, some 240km (150 miles) from the capital, Niamey.

Reports say about 50 Islamist militants armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenade ambushed the soldiers.

A researcher posted on Twitter that a 10 minute broadcast was released by an affiliate of the Islamic State group, adding it includes scenes of a wounded soldier and the bodies of US soldiers.

The soldiers were reportedly on a mission to collect information about a high ranking militant in the region.

The US has roughly 800 troops in the region, The Hill reports.

Read: How did US soldiers come under attack in Niger?

Image source, Reuters

Almost four years after she submitted it, the PhD thesis of Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe has been released for all to see.

The 226-page document, entitled The Changing Social Structures and Functions of the Family, was published on the University of Zimbabwe's website, external under Mrs Mugabe's maiden name.

The degree has been controversial ever since it was awarded just months after Mrs Mugabe enrolled at university in 2014.

Doctorates typically require years of full-time research.

Earlier this month, a number of lecturers demanded the doctorate award be investigated, with the Zimbabwe Independent, a privately owned newspaper, quoting the academics' petition as saying they had no knowledge of her 2014 graduation until they heard media reports, external:

"This was a shock to many members of the department as most members never [saw] or heard about the proposal, progress reports, thesis examiners and outcome of such a study by the candidate."

Check back with Africa Live later for more analysis and reaction to the thesis.

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